Imperial russia

Maria Feodorovna, Tsarina of all the Russias, was born princess of Württemberg on October 25, 1758. She was the second wife of Tsar Paul I, who fought against Napoleon Bonaparte, when the latter began to expand the egalitarian tenets of the French Revolution militarily to the rest of Europe. Among her numerous accomplishments, Tsarina Maria […]

Once upon a time there was a vast Empire stretching from the beaches of the Crimea to the deep Siberian forests. Its capital never knew the darkness of the night in summer, its countryside flourished with myths and folk legends.... It was a country of great men and of small, a land where beauty and suffering lived side by side. A world swept away, imprisoned forever in books and pictures.

Let’s take a look at the absolutely stunning photos depicting the country that no longer exists - the life of the tsar, peasants, horse traffic and many more!

In Darmstadt, 1899. From the top: Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia (?),...

(Excerpt from the 2000 Russian film entitled "The Romanovs: An Imperial Family" ( Романовы. Венценосная семья , Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya S em...

Emperor Nikolai I decreed that Russian artist Eduard Gau start painting watercolors of the Winter Palace’s interior (the Russian Empire's...

Nicolas II of Russia was the last Emperor of Russia, whose reign saw the fall of the Russian Empire. He and his family were brutally executed by the Bolsheviks on 17 July 1918. He began his...

Icicles on the old Salt Warehouse in St Petersburg Photo by NickolayR